One of Sergio Leone’s favorites, with Henry Fonda in a virtual dress rehearsal for his triumphant cold-blooded killer role in Once Upon a Time in the West. Fonda introduces the trailer for Edward Dmytryk’s unjustly neglected existential western, based on a novel drawn from the career of Wyatt Earp.

„Depending on the film, we work with the talent quite a bit. We’re looking at a couple of films right now with different talent. Like Punch-Drunk Love, for instance. Paul Thomas Anderson has been working on restoring the master. It’s been taking a while and he’s sitting through it and it’s his eye and his direction on what that master is supposed to look like in high definition.“

Wong didn’t confirm a release date, but she indicated that the mastering process was finished and they were now determining what extras would be included on the Blu-ray. „As soon as it was done, we got a call from the post group and Paul Thomas saying, ‚okay, it’s done.'“

Perhaps to save on dubbing costs, this tacky Japanese-produced space opera features an entirely non-Asian cast (it certainly wasn’t Occidental). Most of the background players are US military personnel.
Opinions on its not-very-slimy jello monsters vary, but one thing everybody agrees on: the funky title song is Outta This World! G-R-E-E-E-E-N-S-L-I-I-I-I-I-M-E!!!!!!!

I’ve received a report of a rumor that I believe is probably true: Sony is preparing a really terrific-soundingNoir boxed set, their first. It contains five great titles: Edward Dymtryk’s The Sniper with Arthur Franz, Fritz Lang’s The Big Heat with Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame, Phil Karlson’s Five Against the House with Kim Novak and Brian Keith, Don Siegel’s The Lineup with Eli Wallach and Irving Lerner’s Murder by Contract with Vince Edwards. Only The Big Heat has seen a previous release; all of them are gems.